Kiss and Never Cry

This manga is probably not so under-the-radar, and I say this because it is written by Ogawa Yayoi, the author of Kimi wa Pet (a.k.a. Tramps like us). Again, Ogawa brings us a great, well written, well drawn manga, but I can't imagine that it's very popular, since no matter where I look, raws for this manga are only available up to v3, and scanlations are available up to v2 c8. Fear not fans who have an eye for high-caliber manga - Evil Flowers is resuming scanlations from c9!

Summary
Kuroki Michiru is a beautiful, young, extremely talented figure skater who has recently made the switch from competitive single's skating to pairs ice dancing. Over the course of the first 3 volumes, the readers slowly discover that in addition to being sexually abused by her step father,
Michiru went through a traumatic experience when she was 11, when she was lead to "Club bambina" (UH, MAJORLY SKETCHY) and probably sexually molested (readers are spared any violently graphic disturbing visuals). Her skating coach rescues her and tells her to stay put in a closet and listen to his diskman, but he is killed right outside the closet. 7 years later, as is often the case with victims of sexual abuse, Michiru still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and feelings of being bad, dirty, and undeserving of happiness, frequently overworking her body during skate training and pushing away her childhood friend and boyfriend Leon because she doesn't feel she deserves him. Although her memories of the "club bambina" incident have been repressed, they are beginning to resurface when she forms an ice dancing pair with her deceased coach's younger brother, Hikaru.

Thoughts
The love triangle between Michiru, Leon, and Hikaru is quite interesting - although Leon is Michiru's true love, she feels that he glorifies her and thinks she's pure and beautiful when she (believes she) is not. This results in Michiru pushing Leon away because she doesn't want him to hate her, should he find out the truth about her past. Instead she turns to Hikaru, with whom she allows herself to feel dirty and engages in a sexual relationship. Ultimately, I believe (and hope) she will end up with Leon, who is really the nicest guy and truly wishes for Michiru's happiness, but she will need to come to terms with her past and stop blaming herself. This will naturally occur as the mysteries that shroud the "Club Bambina" incident are unveiled. I am a little worried that Leon may be too nice...but he kind of overlaps with Momo from Kimi wa Pet, so I bet, like Momo, he'll end up with her at the end!
This manga is quite dark and serious, maybe a little depressing, but it's broken up with bouts of comic relief here and there, and both the heroes are very likeable...Michiru on the other hand, I have little patience for. All in all, a very well written manga and I don't know if I can wait for some kind soul to upload v4+ raws...